Colossal waste: Unoccupied FG property dot the landscape
A PLETHORA of abandoned or underutilised buildings currently dot the nation’s landscape. Lagos, the former seat of the Federal Government and unarguably, the country’s commercial capital, is littered with most of these structures, majority of which used to be beehive of activities in the 1980s and 1990s. They were, however, abandoned when many Federal Government-owned ministries and establishments relocated to the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.
MASSOB judgment: Father of all injustices
“Chei! This country is fast becoming a theatre of the absurd. Nigerian government is dancing naked in the market square,” commented Emeka, a commuter in the CMS-bound vehicle this Sunday evening. He was referring to the news at the weekend of the judgment passed on MASSOB leaders.
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NOA to support National Identification Number project
LAGOS—Director General, National Orientation Agency, NOA, Mr. Mike Omeri has said that the agency would support the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, to ensure the success of the National Identification Number, NIN, project, as according to him, the scheme was a necessary step towards addressing the security challenges in the country.
Edo deputy gov denies reports on LG polls
BENIN CITY—Deputy governor of Edo State, Dr. Pius Odubu, has denied media reports linking his convoy to the distribution of election materials during last Saturday’s local government elections in the state.
Ex-militants in Edo protest non-inclusion in amnesty programme
NO fewer than 2,000 ex- militants from 11 camps in Edo State, yesterday, stormed Benin, the state capital, protesting their non-inclusion in the third phase of the Federal Government’s amnesty programme for Niger Delta former militants.
